On August 14,
2004, Dan Huskisson, Past Commander and current Lt. Commander of the Colonel
Sherod Hunter

Camp 1525, was presented with the Meritorious Service Medal by the
United Daughters of the Confederacy, honouring

his service in the U.S. Navy
during the Vietnam War.

U.D.C.
AWARDS CEREMONY

Pictured above, from left to right, are Lt. Commander
Huskisson;

Stacy
McSwain, President of the Gen. Joe Wheeler Chapter 966, U.D.C.;

and Camp 1525 Adjutant (and Past Commander) Tom Tatum.

CAMP
1525 LAUNCHES WARGAME CLUB, NOVEMBER 2004

The Camp
1525 Wargaming Club, a new group formed by our Camp for the purpose of playing
strategic and tactical wargames of the War between the States, met for the first
time on Saturday, November 6, 2004 at the home of Camp Commander Robert Perkins.
A table-top recreation of the February 1864 Battle of Olustee, Florida was
played using military miniatures. Five Camp members attended, we ordered a
couple of pizzas, and a great time was had by all! In an unfortunate reversal of
history, Union forces under Brigadier General Truman Seymour (handled by
Compatriots Robert Perkins, Sam Perkins, and Tony Eppler) defeated the
Confederate forces under Brigadier General Joseph Finegan (handled by
Compatriots Tom Tatum and Jerry Harbin) in the battle. Oh well, the good guys
can't win all the time!

Members of
the Camp 1525 Wargaming Club

Front, left to
right: Tom Tatum, Tony Eppler

Rear, left to
right: Sam Perkins, Jerry Harbin, Robert Perkins

JEFFERSON
DAVIS MEMORIAL SERVICE, 4 DECEMBER 2004

On Saturday, December 4,
2004, the Colonel Sherod Hunter Camp hosted it’s eleventh annual memorial
service in honor of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. The event was held at
the Jefferson Davis Highway Marker, located on U.S. Highway 60, east of Apache
Junction, Arizona. A small but hardy group of Sons of Confederate Veterans and
United Daughters of the Confederacy members braved near-freezing temperatures
and icy rain to attend the ceremony. Due to the wet conditions, it proved
impractical to fire a musket salute, but Camp Commander Robert Perkins gave a
short speech honoring President Davis, and we laid a wreath at the Jeff Davis
monument.

Also attending,
but not pictured, was Deanna Adams, representing the Arizona Division, U.D.C.

CONFEDERATE CROSSES OF HONOUR
INSTALLED, 2 APRIL 2005

PIONEERS'
CEMETERY, PHOENIX, ARIZONA

On Saturday, April 2, 2005, members of the Colonel Sherod Hunter Camp 1525, with
assistance from a group of

students from the National Honour Society of
Millennium High School (Goodyear, Arizona) and from Jeff Crowell,

a local
contractor who volunteered his services for the project, installed bronze Confederate
Crosses of Honour on the graves of fifteen Confederate veterans who have found
their eternal rest at Pioneers’ Cemetery in downtown Phoenix,

Arizona. It had
been originally intended to install seventeen such crosses, but the Pioneers’
Cemetery Association withdrewpermission to install on two of the graves due to
some uncertainty as to the location of the graves and

whether or not
they were
actually Confederate veterans. The crosses were obtained after a joint
fund-raising effort by

Camp
1525 and the Arizona Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Dan Huskisson. Also taking
part, but not shown, were Camp 1525 Commander Robert Perkins, as well as Marge
West and Diane

Summerall from the Pioneers’ Cemetery Association.

FEDERAL
MEMORIAL DAY, 30 MAY 2005

PIONEERS'
CEMETERY, PHOENIX, ARIZONA

On Monday, May
30, 2005, the Colonel Sherod Hunter Camp 1525 participated in the annual Federal
Memorial Day

ceremony held at Pioneers’ Cemetery in downtown Phoenix, Arizona.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans was just

one of several organizations
attending, which included the Pioneers’ Cemetery Association, the Woodmen of
the

World, the Masons, the 9th Memorial Cavalry (Buffalo Soldiers), the First
Families of Arizona, the Arizona Civil

War Council, and the United Daughters of
the Confederacy.Both
the United Daughters of the Confederacy (represented

by Deanna Adams of the
Thunderbird Chapter in Phoenix) and the Sons of Confederate Veterans
(represented by

Camp 1525 Commander Robert Perkins) were among the groups asked
to speak at the event, and the comments

of both organizations were well
received.

COMMANDER
PERKINS SPEAKS AT FEDERAL MEMORIAL DAY

Pioneers'
Cemetery, Phoenix, Arizona, 30 May 2005

ARIZONA
DIVISION CONVENTION, 3-5 JUNE 2005

MARIE
CALLENDER'S RESTAURANT, CHANDLER, ARIZONA

Over
the weekend of June 3-5, 2005, the Colonel Sherod Hunter Camp 1525 hosted the
eleventh annual state Convention of the Arizona Division, Sons of Confederate
Veterans, at Marie Callender’s Restaurant in Chandler, Arizona. All six Camps
of the Arizona Division were represented at the event. Additionally, we were
joined by guests from the United Daughters of the Confederacy.Several
Camp members received awards from the national organization of Sons of
Confederate Veterans and from the Arizona Division at this Convention.

On
Friday, June 3, a "pie and coffee social" was held, in which attendees
met and shared good conversation and good company over pie and coffee.
Saturday, June 4, was the main business session of the
Convention. No important business was discussed, but at the
awards ceremony, several Camp 1525 members received awards at both the national
and division level. These are as follows...

—S.C.V.
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL: Dan Huskisson. This is the third highest award that
can be bestowed by the S.C.V. to a member (two other awards, open to those who
have served in some office at the national level, hold higher precedence), and
recognized Dan’s long record of outstanding service to the S.C.V.

—ARIZONA
DIVISION CERTIFICATES OF ACHIEVEMENT were awarded to no less than twenty Arizona
Division members. Winners from Camp 1525 were Jerry Harbin, Dan Huskisson,
Robert Perkins, and Tom Tatum.

As
the host Camp, the Colonel Sherod Hunter Camp 1525 brought a unique attraction
to the Convention...a full-scale replica of the famous Confederate submarine, H.L.
HUNLEY. Convention members were able to view the replica for free, and
for an additional charge (to help cover Camp 1525's costs in bringing the HUNLEY
to the Convention), listen to an excellent presentation by Mr. John Dangerfield
of the Hunley Project. Mr. Dangerfield has been heavily involved in the
excavation and restoration of the HUNLEY, and is one of the most knowledgeable
people in the world regarding the submarine. Dangerfield built the full
size model of the Confederate submarine H.L. HUNLEY which he brought to the
convention, which is the most accurate replica ever made of the submarine, and
he gave a most interesting talk on the history, the discovery, raising, and
preservation efforts of the submarine. The submarine on its trailer in the
parking lot caused quite a stir...submarines aren't an everyday occurrence in
Arizona!

Although
not properly part of the convention, on Sunday, June 5, Camp 1525 hosted another
viewing of the HUNLEY and lecture by Mr. Dangerfield at the Mason's Hall
in Scottsdale, Arizona. This also caused quite a stir...not least because
the submarine was parked out in plain view from one of the main roads in
Scottsdale, prompting several people to pull into the parking lot to inquire
about what we were barbecuing (the submarine, when viewed from the back,
evidently could easily be mistaken for a huge barbecue smoker), which provided
somewhat of a humourous anti-climax to the event.

This
was easily the most unforgettable Convention the Arizona Division has ever had,
and Camp 1525 is proud to have hosted the event.

Camp
1525 Lt.Commander Dan Huskisson (right, in
black navy uniform) received the third

highest
award which can be given by the national Sons of ConfederateVeterans,

theDistinguished Service Medal, at the 2005 Arizona
Division Convention.

John
Dangerfield of the HUNLEY Project, who gave an excellent lecture on the HUNLEY.

ANNUAL
BUSINESS MEETING, JULY 2005

BILL
JOHNSON'S BIG APPLE RESTAURANT, PHOENIX, ARIZONA

On
Saturday, July 30, 2005, the Annual Business Meeting of the Colonel Sherod
Hunter Camp 1525 was held at Bill Johnson’s Big Apple Restaurant in Phoenix,
Arizona. This year, after a hiatus of at least four years,
the Colonel Sherod Hunter Camp revived it’s Camp Awards Ceremony. While
most of the awards presented consisted of certificates, a new Rotating Trophy
was introduced for the Jefferson Davis Award—our Camp’s highest
award. The Jefferson Davis Award, which was won by Dan Huskisson,
now consists of a plaque, on which a Confederate Officer’s Sword is mounted. A
plate which names each year’s winner will be engraved and affixed to the
plaque below the sword. In addition to the regular awards, some special
awards were also presented. Camp Commander Robert Perkins received an award
recognizing his service to the Camp over the past year. And, last but not least,
Camp Commander Perkins presented some very special awards to Compatriots Dan
Huskisson, Jerry Harbin, and Steve Johnson in recognition for their vital
contributions to the success of our Pioneers’ Cemetery Cross Project. These
awards consisted of a Confederate Officer’s sword, with a dedicatory plate
affixed to the scabbard, inscribed as follows...

Col.
Sherod Hunter Camp 1525, S.C.V.

Pioneers’
Cemetery Cross Project, 2005

To
(winner’s name) in recognition of your

outstanding
efforts and a job well done.

The
swords were obtained by Commander Perkins at his own personal expense as a
special token of appreciation for the outstanding efforts made by these
Compatriots on this project.